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From: Laverne Piatt <>
Subject: [PIATT] Rene Pyatt's Denization
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 22:17:00 -0400
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>From Volume 10 of the Piatt Family Newsletter, 1990, I would like to quote
Larry L Piatt, a well-respected genealogist of Utah, writing on the possible
origins of Rene' Piatt.

"Orra Eugene Monnette in his MONNET FAMILY GENEALOGY, published in 1911
identified RENATUS FLEURISSON of the London denization lists as the same man
as RENE PIATT alias LAFLEUR (etc) of Woodbridge-Piscataway NJ. On the surface
this identification appears both plausible and likely.

"Denization was meted out to individials by letters-patent from the King (or
his representative) or by private acts of Parliament. In the first process
the procedure began with the Kings' Letter addressed to the Attorney-General
or to the Solicitor-General containing the name (or names) of the person(s) in
whose favor the Grant of Denization was to be drawn out. The Grant was then
recorded on a Patent-Roll in the Latin language.

"It is clear that the lists of those naturalized by royal letters-patent
included both those French Protestants residing in England and those residing
"within her dominions," including America. Several thousand Franch Protestant
exiles were accepted by England in the time period just before and after
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Lists of the French refugees exist
in the form of Letters of Denization.

"Although Piat is a name of high frequency in some areaas of France, no Piat
or equivalent names appear on the lists. However, FLEURY and FLEURISSON
appear on lists under the dates:

08 Mar 1862 - Louis Fleurisson
Daniel Fleury
Daniel Fleury and sons, Daniel and James
Jeanne
15 Apr 1678 - Louis Fleury (clerk) and wife, Esther; son, Philip-Amaury;
daughters, Esther and Mary
05 Jan 1678/8 - Renatus Fleury
Peter Fleurisson
21 Mar 1687/8 - Renatus Fleurisson
10 Oct 1688 - Daniel Fleurisson and wife, Jane

"The two occurrences of the name Renatus Fleury or Fleurisson raise the
question of whether they refer to two individuals, or if his name
inadvertently appeared twice.

"Louis Fleurrison of the 1682 list may be the man of that name, age 26 in
1681, a surgeon from Roian en Santonge.

"Daniel Fleurisson and wife Jane of the 1688 list appear to be the Daniel and
Jane (Bernard) Flury who appear as parents of the following children on the
LDS International Genealogical Index for Great Britain:
Jeanne Fleury, chr 30 Apr 1676 Walloon or Strangers Church, Canterbury, Kent;
Jacob Fleury, chr 25 Aug 1678, same church as above;
Abraham Fleury, chr 16 Apr 1682, Threadneedle Street French Huguenot Church, London
Judit(h) Fleury, chr 27 May 1683, Threadneedle St etc;
Jane Judith Fleury, chr 24 Jun 1686, Threadneedle St etc;
(For the last 2 children the mother is listed as Marie Bernard.)"

And of course, all of the given names used above, except Esther and Judith,
were used by early generations of Piatts in the colonies.
--
Laverne Ingram Piatt
Ontario, OH

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